Saturday, September 25, 2010

just when i thought i was getting better with it...yet another item has fallen victim to my chalkboard paint addiction...i really was in the process of putting it away...when the idea of painting one of those craft pumpkins popped into my head...i mean...what was i to do?...just ignore it?...

so...headed over to micheals and picked up (and paid for) one of those black plastic pumpkins...slapped two coats of chalkboard paint on it...and now it's ready to go!...

i promise...the paint has been put away now...it's out of sight...but not out of mind!...

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Saturday, September 18, 2010

as you might know...i have an addiction to chalkboard paint...no surface is safe!...i've tried the patch to help me quit...but i ended up painting that too!...but i can say...that i've never painted anything that's portable...you know...for me to get my chalkboard fix at anytime!....well...that's about to change!...introducing chalkboard rings!....wowser...that sounded a little infomercial-ish...

just ended up taking an 1" inch wooden disks...and painted 'em with a couple of coats of chalkboard paint...then slapped a ring blank on the back!...easy peasy!...and you can chalk this up as super cute!...

Sunday, September 12, 2010

so...walking past my window the other day...i noticed it was a bit nakie...well...that got me thinking about something i've been wanting to try...hot glue window clings!...

with halloween coming up...figured it would be pretty cool to try ghosts...and was a right!...i loved how they came out!...best part...they actually stuck!...i'm lovin' how imperfect they are...got that ectoplasm look to 'em!...

and of course...i did up a little boo-torial for ya!...

you'll need a clear glass plate, a glue gun, some glue sticks, and what ever spooky shape your wanting to create...i cut these ghosts on my cricut using the happy haunting cart...

place the image under the glass plate...

start tracing the outline with the glue gun...do a pretty thick line...

here's it all outlined!...

now fill 'er in!...be pretty generous with the glue...mine's a little glue gun...and i used 3 sticks to fill it up!...

time to let it cool!...

you'll want to pry the ghost from the plate...it comes off really easily!...now just to draw on the eyes and mouth with a sharpie!...i put my cut out under again just to get the placement right...

and you're all done!...just take the finished ghost and slap it on a window!...aren't they just terror-ific?...

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Sunday, September 5, 2010

so...years ago...i bought some of those martha stewart severed finger invitation kits...but then realized...i don't have any parties!...sad...i know...anywho...wanted to do something with the detatched digits...but i just couldn't put my finger on it...

then it hit me...not the finger...the idea...what about magnets?...so i got some of those super strong neodymium ones...and slapped one on the back of the finger...

this one's all ready for gifting...not only did i come up with possibly the creepiest magnet ever....i think i figured out a new meaning to "giving someone the finger"....insert evil laugh here....

here's one in action!...see...told ya...creepiest magnet ever!....

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